By 1998, Adam Sandler had already established himself as a comedic force, both on-screen and on the microphone. Sandler wrote and starred in Billy Madison (1995) and Happy Gilmore (1996), and also released the “The Thanksgiving Song” (1993) and “ The Chanukah Song ” (1996), which are still popular to this day.

In February 1998, The Wedding Singer dropped, furthering Sandler’s star status. Then, on Nov. 6, 1998, 28 years ago today, The Waterboy was released.

The world met Bobby Boucher for the first time

Sandler’s first movie as screenwriter, star and executive producer featured the 32-year-old performer as the incomparable Bobby Boucher, a 31-year-old Louisiana mama’s boy with a stutter and an uncommon devotion to H2O.

Boucher is the water boy for the woefully inept South-Central Louisiana State University football program, led by Coach Klein (Henry Winkler).…